KK Pacers August Update!

While the month of August is slow without any race with Malaysia preparing for the festive seasons of Eid Al-Fitr, runners focus their attention on overseas races.

Raymond Chong was in Takapuna, New Zealand to participate in North Shore Marathon and completed with a new Personal Best of 4:22.

KK Pacers Marathon Maniac - Chew Thong Hin completed 2 full marathon as follows:
Race to Reduce Marathon in Cebu, Philippines
Songkhla International Glorify Marathon in Songkhla, Thailand

Congrats to all runners!!!
Rain or shine won't stop the maniacs.

* Pic courtesy of Running Scientist and Tey Eng Tiong.

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17th Pattaya International Marathon 2011

The two maniacs of KK Pacers are at it again. This time, they travel to Pattaya, Thailand and completed another marathon in the hot and humid weather.

Thong Hin Chew 05:53:13 05:52:31
Roy Yeow 05:25:01 05:24:39

Together with the others from Malaysia and Singapore, they have a blast of a time enjoying the race.

Keep running all!!!

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Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2011

KK Pacers members were presented Down Under at the popular tourist spot - Gold Coast. Taking up the AirAsia Marathon package, two team members ran back to back races - 10KM race on 2 July and the 42KM race on 3 July.

Southern Cross University 10km Run
ROY YEOW 00:59:50
THONG HIN CHEW 01:08:52

Gold Coast Airport Marathon
ROY YEOW 04:50:32
THONG HIN CHEW 05:15:11

The race was also special as Chew became the first Marathon Maniacs in the club, running 4 marathons in the span of 37 days.

Here is hoping for more active participation from all!

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Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2011

KK Pacers were in full force for the just completed Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2011.
Here is a summary of the achievement of the members:

Gun Time Net Time Split 1 Split 2 Split 3
Steven Ng FM Veteran 4:10:00 4:08:37 1:00:12 2:01:10 2:51:57
Raymond Chong FM Veteran 4:39:17 4:37:52 1:05:45 2:10:26 3:10:42
Anbanathan FM Veteran 5:04:51 5:03:26 1:13:20 2:24:03 3:28:29
Chew Thong Hin FM Veteran 5:56:16 5:54:47 1:20:53 2:41:05 4:01:48
Kang Hok Beng FM Veteran 5:59:02 5:57:36 1:26:16 2:46:01 4:02:10
Leong Yew Pung FM Veteran 6:28:37 6:28:13 1:20:30 2:41:52 4:05:58
Anziariq FM Open 4:29:19 4:29:01 1:03:24 2:05:47 3:04:07
Bernard Chia FM Open 4:57:37 4:56:13 1:07:23 2:15:32 3:17:18
Bernard Yeo FM Open 5:02:14 5:01:22 1:10:10 2:17:17 3:24:45
Fong Choon Kit FM Open 5:56:04 5:55:24 1:15:10 2:35:40 3:53:40

Edmund Yeoh HM Veteran 1:59:36 1:58:50 0:55:04
PH Lee HM Veteran 2:08:51 2:06:38 0:58:39
Chong Kok Siong HM Veteran 2:09:33 2:09:14 0:56:14
Daryl Cheah HM Veteran 2:12:17 2:11:42 0:59:35
Vivienne Loo HM Veteran 2:15:06 2:13:42 1:02:13
Loi Kok Mun HM Veteran 2:22:37 2:20:54 1:04:30
Agnes Chew HM Veteran 2:28:26 2:25:32 1:08:13
Chong Yin Fook HM Veteran 2:49:20 2:46:17 1:13:23
Cheryl Tan HM Veteran 2:49:37 2:47:48 1:15:07
Steven Oon HM Veteran 2:49:38 2:46:23 1:13:24
Ho Chik Siew HM Open 1:49:52 1:49:02 0:50:18
Cheou Wan Kwai HM Open 1:54:45 1:54:19 0:48:21
Roy Yeow HM Open 2:00:08 1:58:44 0:54:54
Boon Chee Shyong HM Open 2:12:05 2:11:37 0:58:39
Nicholas Chong HM Open 2:22:17 2:21:04 1:01:02
Christopher Michael Ang Perez HM Open 2:25:16 2:24:46 1:04:55
Farid Syakirin HM Open 2:34:47 2:34:14 1:03:35
Goh Siew Lin HM Open 2:58:12 2:57:54 1:16:01
Fun Chee Keong HM Open 3:13:57 3:13:13 1:25:05

Joanne Barnes 10K Open 1:40:01 1:32:43

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Jog For Hope

Details of event are as follows:
Date - 17/7/2011 (Sunday)
Time - 6:00am (Registration) - 8:00am (Flag off)
Venue - Taylor's College Sri Hartamas

This charity run is organized by Taylor's College Sri Hartamas to raise funds for the Malaysia Nature Society and PT Foundation.

For further information, please check http://jogforhope.wordpress.com/
or Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/jogforhope
or Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/jogforhope

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Laguna Phuket International Marathon 2011

KK Pacers were in Phuket for the Laguna Phuket International Marathon 2011. For the first time, all members participated in the Full Marathon category. Here is the results of the members:
Chee Beng Ng 4:13:01
Wankwai Cheou 4:37:50
Roy Yeow 4:37:56
Kok Woh Chong 4:51:00
Thong Hin Chew 5:43:32

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Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2011

After participating in Singapore Marathon recently, KK Pacers were in action again in another International event - this time up north to Hong Kong.
It was definitely a very different race for our members. Instead of the normal humid and hot weather back here, it was very cold in Hong Kong.

You can find the achievements of KK Pacers here.

Congratulations to our runners and all participants in the Hong Kong Marathon !!!

For more shots at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2011, please check out at our photo album here.

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